PARIS--Haruka Kitaguchi became the first female athlete from Japan to capture an Olympic gold medal in track and field events except for marathon when she won the javelin throw at the Paris Games.

Following Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Antil and other athletes' complaints of mental harassment and verbal abuse by javelin throw coach Naval Singh, the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has sacked the ...

Defending Commonwealth Games champion Arshad Nadeem has put behind a difficult build-up caused by inclement weather in Switzerland and is "all keyed up" for the men's javelin throw qualification round ...